New Research: Community Involvement Technology Vendor Report 2018

Here at the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship, we're pleased to share with you our latest Community Involvement Technology Vendor report, which should serve as a starting point for anyone selecting and managing technology solutions for employee giving, volunteering, and grant making programs. Members have access to the full report.

Corporate giving and employee volunteering have become integral to businesses today. When managed strategically, these dimensions of community involvement can deliver significant value to both the business and society. Technological tools have become increasingly essential to managing community involvement programs, from grant making to employee giving and volunteering.

The Center has been gathering technology vendor information since 2008 to support community involvement programs. The 2018 report presents the self-reported survey responses of 14 technology vendors, as well as an additional list of vendors for readers’ reference.

This report is just one example of the research made available to Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship members. Not a member? Learn more about the benefits of membership.

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REGULATORY RADAR - California became the first state to require publicly traded companies to include women on their boards of directors. On September 30, 2018, Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation that will make companies with principal executive offices in California have at least one woman on their boards by the end of 2019.

REGULATORY RADAR - The recent North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) update includes environmental provisions related to sustainable forest management. The agreement builds on many of the environmental regulations that were included in the original 1993 agreement.

REGULATORY RADAR - On September 27, 2018, the House of Representatives passed the Family Savings Act of 2018, which reforms retirement accounts and family-friendly saving accounts to increase flexibility and encourage savings. This bill exempts individuals less than $50,000 across all eligible retirement plans from required minimum distribution rules and repeals the maximum age for contributions to a traditional IRA, which is currently set at age 70 ½. .